it was cold here too

however, and luckily, nature follows its course. dwarf cyclamen flowering, narcissus almost breaking flowers.

already starting the green beans for late spring- summer. i'm going to layer the sowing to prolong the harvest.things i have learned with changing house location!

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michel garcia on lichens.

omg he's making soup!

çhave a good weekend.

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it's going to be a long wait

windfall lichens. on the right vintage ones from 4-5 years ago: on the left last week's pick from my walk in the park. this is lichen and moss country.

the vintage ones  almost instantly turned reddish brown last week's are in the yellow stage.

my latest friend, gemini, gave me much more info  about lichen dyeing that what i wanted. however, it was unknown to me that they needed to ferment in ammonia at least 3 months to get purples and reds.hopefully dyeing will happen in late fall.

another new friend is snapseed. my phone photo editing tool was very basic and this app is photo editing on steroids.and free. 

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